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booze

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booze  (bz) Slang
n.
1.
a. Hard liquor.
b. An alcoholic beverage.
2. A drinking spree.
intr.v. boozed, booz·ing, booz·es
To drink alcoholic beverages excessively or chronically.

[Alteration of obsolete bouse, from Middle English bousen, to drink to excess, from Middle Dutch bsen.]

boozer n.
boozi·ly adv.
boozy adj.

booze [buːz] Informal
n
1. alcoholic drink
2. a drinking bout or party
vb
(usually intr) to drink (alcohol), esp in excess
[from Middle Dutch būsen]
boozed  adj
boozing  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.boozebooze - an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him"
aqua vitae, ardent spirits - strong distilled liquor or brandy
akvavit, aquavit - Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds
arak, arrack - any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses
bitters - alcoholic liquor flavored with bitter herbs and roots
brandy - distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
gin - strong liquor flavored with juniper berries
ouzo - a Greek liquor flavored with anise
rum - liquor distilled from fermented molasses
schnapps, schnaps - any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes
mescal - a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant)
tequila - Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant
vodka - unaged colorless liquor originating in Russia
whiskey, whisky - a liquor made from fermented mash of grain
firewater - any strong spirits (such as strong whisky or rum)
lacing - a small amount of liquor added to a food or beverage
Verb1.booze - consume alcohol; "We were up drinking all night"
ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
tank - consume excessive amounts of alcohol
port - drink port; "We were porting all in the club after dinner"
claret - drink claret; "They were clareting until well past midnight"
bar hop, pub-crawl - go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk; "he pub-crawled around Birmingham"
bib, tipple - drink moderately but regularly; "We tippled the cognac"
tope, drink - drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic; "The husband drinks and beats his wife"
hit it up, inebriate, souse, soak - become drunk or drink excessively
wine - drink wine
hold, carry - drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry"

booze (Informal)
noun
alcohol, drink, spirits, juice (informal), the bottle (informal), liquor, grog (informal, chiefly Austral. & N.Z.), the hard stuff (informal), strong drink, intoxicant, firewater, John Barleycorn, hooch or hootch (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) empty bottles of booze
verb
drink, indulge, get drunk, tipple, imbibe, tope, carouse, bevvy (dialect), get plastered, drink like a fish, go on the piss (taboo slang), get soused, get tanked up (informal), go on a binge or bender (informal), hit the booze or bottle (informal) a load of drunken businessmen who had been boozing all afternoon
Translations
booze [buːz]
A. Nbebida f
to go on the boozedarse a la bebida
to be off the boozehaber dejado la bebida
B. VI (= get drunk) → empinar el codo; (= go out drinking) → salir a beber
C. VTbeber

booze [ˈbuːz]
nalcool m
vipicoler >

booze (inf)
n (= alcoholic drink)Alkohol m; (= spirits also)Schnaps m; (= drinking bout)Sauftour f (inf); keep off the boozelass das Saufen sein (inf); bring some boozebring was zu schlucken mit (inf); he’s gone back on the booze againer säuft wieder (inf)
visaufen (inf); all this boozingdiese Sauferei (inf); boozing partyBesäufnis nt (inf); to go out boozingsaufen gehen (inf)

booze [buːz] (fam)
1. nalcolici mpl
bring your own booze → portatevi da bere

booze [buːz] (fam)
1. nalcolici mpl
bring your own booze → portatevi da bere

booze
n booze [buːz]
alcoholic drink Have you got enough booze for the party? drank خَمْر، مَشْروباتٌ كُحولِيّه силно алкохолно питие chlast, pití sprut Alkohol οινοπνευματώδες ποτό alcohol märjuke, alkohol مشروب الکلی alkoholipitoinen juoma boisson alcoolisée מַשְקֶה חָרִיף शराब pijača pia minuman keras áfengi bevanda alcolica (alkoholiniai) gėrimai alkoholiski dzērieni; alkohols minuman keras drank brennevin gorzała bebida băutură (alco­o­lică) выпивка pijatika pijača alkoholno piće sprit, kröken เครื่องดื่มที่มีแอลกอฮอล์ içki випивка شراب rượu
v
to drink alcoholic drinks. drink, suip يَشْرَبُ مَشْروبات كُحوليّه пия chlastat, pít jako duha drikke saufen καταναλώνω οινοπνευματώδη beber purjutama به حد افراط نوشیدن juoda alkoholipitoista juomaa boire (comme un trou) לִשתוֹת אַלכּוֹהוֹל शराब पीना opijati se piál meminum minuman keras þjóra, drekka bere smoderatamente 酒を飲む 술을 마시다 girtuokliauti dzert; žūpot meminum minuman keras zuipen gå på fylla, drikke chlać beber a bea (vâr­tos) пьянствовать piť ako dúha popivati piti alkohol supa, kröka ดื่มเครื่องดื่มที่มีแอลกอฮอล์ içki içmek, kafayı çekmek 暢飲 напиватися شراب پینا uống say tuý luý

booze إسراف في الشراب alkohol sprut Alkohol ποτό trago viina alcool piće bevanda alcolica sterkedrank alkohol alkohol bebida alcoólica выпивка sprit เครื่องดื่มที่มีแอลกอฮอล์ içki sự say tuý luý


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It's amazing the quantity of booze thirty plunks will buy, and it is equally amazing the quantity of booze outside of which twenty stiffs will get.
But ye'd better be up arter 'im soon in the mornin', never mind the booze the night afore.
To tipple, booze, swill, soak, guzzle, lush, bib, or swig.
 
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